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View synonyms for telephone pole

telephone pole

noun

  1. a utility pole for supporting telephone wires.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of telephone pole1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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Example Sentences

As the fire burned through telephone poles, phone service went down.

It was a beautiful drive, until I saw signs hanging from fences and telephone poles that proclaimed: “Keep the sewage in Mexico. Stop the stink!”

Off in the distance, a fence is glimpsed, suggesting a cultivated landscape rather than a wild one, while a lone telephone pole identifies the rural location as tethered to community via modern communication.

The mooring lines tethered to the ocean floor are made of rope nearly thick as a telephone pole and under heavy tension.

Mom turned down our street and there she was, putting up a poster on the telephone pole in front of our house.

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